Nobility Reimagined
Subtitle: The Patriotic Nation In Eighteenth-century France
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: April 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801489495
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Nationalism; Revolutions & coups; c 1700 to c 1800; History: World; France; History - General History; Patriotism; Modern - 17th Century; Europe - France; Modern - 18th Century; 18th century; Civilization; History; Nobility
First sentence: Because of the great triumphs and wretched excesses of Louis XIV's absolutist regime (1661  1715), the aristocratic "state of mind" in the early eighteenth century recalled earlier periods of noble anxiety and unrest.